The document summarizes the diversity commitment and reporting of the Milwaukee County Office of Corporation Counsel (OCC). The OCC aims to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that represents the communities it serves. It also strives to retain diverse outside law firms and reports their diversity statistics. The OCC works to ensure the county provides a discrimination-free workplace and supports diversity education initiatives. The rest of the document provides demographic data on the diversity of the OCC and their retained outside law firms.
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Here's a breakdown of the key aspects of winding up:
Reasons for Winding Up:
Insolvency: This is the most common reason, where the company cannot pay its debts. Creditors may initiate a compulsory winding up to recover their dues.
Voluntary Closure: The owners may decide to close the company due to reasons like reaching business goals, facing losses, or merging with another company.
Deadlock: If shareholders or directors cannot agree on how to run the company, a court may order a winding up.
Types of Winding Up:
Voluntary Winding Up: This is initiated by the company's shareholders through a resolution passed by a majority vote. There are two main types:
Members' Voluntary Winding Up: The company is solvent (has enough assets to pay off its debts) and shareholders will receive any remaining assets after debts are settled.
Creditors' Voluntary Winding Up: The company is insolvent and creditors will be prioritized in receiving payment from the sale of assets.
Compulsory Winding Up: This is initiated by a court order, typically at the request of creditors, government agencies, or even by the company itself if it's insolvent.
Process of Winding Up:
Appointment of Liquidator: A qualified professional is appointed to oversee the winding-up process. They are responsible for selling assets, paying off debts, and distributing any remaining funds.
Cease Trading: The company stops its regular business operations.
Notification of Creditors: Creditors are informed about the winding up and invited to submit their claims.
Sale of Assets: The company's assets are sold to generate cash to pay off creditors.
Payment of Debts: Creditors are paid according to a set order of priority, with secured creditors receiving payment before unsecured creditors.
Distribution to Shareholders: If there are any remaining funds after all debts are settled, they are distributed to shareholders according to their ownership stake.
Dissolution: Once all claims are settled and distributions made, the company is officially dissolved and removed from the business register.
Impact of Winding Up:
Employees: Employees will likely lose their jobs during the winding-up process.
Creditors: Creditors may not recover their debts in full, especially if the company is insolvent.
Shareholders: Shareholders may not receive any payout if the company's debts exceed its assets.
Winding up is a complex legal and financial process that can have significant consequences for all parties involved. It's important to seek professional legal and financial advice when considering winding up a company.
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1. Milwaukee County
Office of Corporation Counsel
Diversity Commitment
and
Diversity Reporting December 29, 2017
2. Diversity Commitment
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Diversity Commitment of the Office of Corporation Counsel
The OCC supports the career advancement and development of
individuals traditionally underrepresented in the legal profession, as a
distinct objective, to better the profession and the Milwaukee
community as a whole.
To do so, the OCC shall:
1. Work to recruit, hire, and retain attorneys that represent the
diverse communities and departments that the Office serves. We
further affirm the critical necessity of a diverse workforce to
improve outcomes for the clients of the OCC, the County as a
whole, as well as its residents and taxpayers.
3. Diversity Commitment (con.)
2. Strive to retain outside counsel law firms and outside lawyers
that best reflect the diverse community the OCC serves; and
3. Where the OCC cannot control the selection of outside counsel
due to our insurance contracts, report the diversity statistics for
those firms selected by our insurers.
Furthermore, the OCC shall work with its internal County clients to
ensure that the County is an employer open and welcoming people
of all backgrounds, races, nationalities, genders, sexual
orientations, and gender identities.
To do so, the OCC shall, with the cooperation of Human Resources:
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4. Diversity Commitment (con.)
1. Partner with our internal client departments to create a work
environment free from discrimination and harassment;
2. Where issues and situations arise that may cause an employee
to feel uncomfortable and/or discriminated against,
a. Ensure that investigations proceed in a fair, sensitive,
and objective manner; and
b. Where appropriate, facilitate and/or assist our clients
and County employees to discuss these issues openly in
a supportive and meaningful way;
and
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5. Diversity Commitment (con.)
3. Develop, support and encourage state-of-the-art employee
educational initiatives, including initiatives that go beyond the
basics to address, for example, implicit or subconscious biases
and microaggressions, as well as romantic relationships and
gender identification issues in the workplace.
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6. 6
Demographics – Husch Blackwell
% %
Total lawyers nationwide = 725 Total eq prtnrs nat’l = 177
African American 2.6% African American 1.1%
Latino 2.5% Latino 1.1%
Asian 1.8% Asian 0%
White 91.3% White 97.7%
Female 37.1% Female 16.9%
LGBTQQI 1.4% LGBTQQI 1.7%
Total lawyers locally = 88 Total eq prtnrs local = 25
African American 0% African American 0%
Latino 2.3% Latino 0%
Asian 0% Asian 0%
White 96.6% White 100%
Female 35.2% Female 12%
LGBTQQI 2.3% LGBTQQI 0%
Board of Directors = 12
Persons of Color 8.3%
Female 25%
LGBTQQI 8.3%
7. 7
Demographics – Reinhart
% %
Total lawyers nationwide = 201 Total equity prtrns nat’l = 177
African American 0.5% African American 0%
Latino 1.0% Latino 1.0%
Asian 2.5% Asian 2.2%
White96.0% White 96.7%
Female 29.8% Female 16.5%
LGBTQQI n/a LGBTQQI n/a
Total lawyers locally = 141 Total equity prtnrs local = 63
African American 0% African American 0%
Latino 1.4% Latino 1.6%
Asian 1.4% Asian 1.6%
White97.1% White 96.8%
Female 31.9% Female 14.3%
LGBTQQI n/a LGBTQQI n/a
Board of Directors = 9
Persons of Color 0%
Female 11%
LGBTQQI n/a
8. 8
Demographics – von Briesen
% %
Total lawyers nationwide =155 Total equity prtrns nat’l = 67
African American 0.6% African American 0%
Latino 3.0% Latino 4.5%
Asian 0.6% Asian 1.5%
White95.0% White 94.0%
Female 31.9% Female 19%
LGBTQQI 0.6% LGBTQQI n/a
Total lawyers locally = 121
African American 0.8%
Latino 3.3%
Asian 0.8%
White95.0%
Female 29.0%
LGBTQQI 0.8%
Board of Directors = 5
Persons of Color 0%
Female 20%
LGBTQQI n/a
9. 9
Demographics –
Crivello Carlson
% %
Total lawyers locally = 35 Total equity prtnrs local = 12
African American 5.7% African American 0%
Latino 8.5% Latino 8.3%
Asian 5.7% Asian 0%
White 77.1% White 83.3%
Female 34.2% Female 41.6%
LGBTQQI 5.7% LGBTQQI 8.3%
Board of Directors = 5
Persons of Color 20%
Female 0%
LGBTQQI n/a
10. 10
Demographics –
Linder & Marsack
% %
Total lawyers locally = 18 Total equity prtnrs local = 12
African American 0% African American 0%
Latino 0% Latino 0%
Asian 0% Asian 0%
White 100% White 100%
Female 33% Female 14%
LGBTQQI 6% LGBTQQI 14%
Board of Directors = 6
Persons of Color 0%
Female 17%
LGBTQQI n/a
12. 12
Demographics –
Winston & Strawn*
% %
Total lawyers (Chicago only)
= 269
Total partners (Chicago only)
= 135
African American 4.5% African American 3.7%
Latino 4.1% Latino 3.0%
Asian 3.0% Asian 1.5%
White 88.5% White 91.9%
Female 30.9% Female 25.7%
LGBTQQI 2.2% LGBTQQI 0%
* Data based on 2017 reporting to the National Ass’n for Law Placement
13. 13
Demographics – Quarles & Brady
% %
Total lawyers nationwide = 482 Total equity prtrns nat’l = 148
African American 2.7% African American 0.7%
Latino 2.5% Latino 1.4%
Asian 3.7% Asian 2.0%
White 88.6% White 94.6%
Female 39.2% Female 20.2%
LGBTQQI 1.9% LGBTQQI 2.0%
Total lawyers locally = 143 Total equity prtnrs local = 65
African American 0.7% African American 0%
Latino 2.1% Latino 1.5%
Asian 0.7% Asian 0%
White 95.1% White 96.9%
Female 34.3% Female 24.6%
LGBTQQI 1.4% LGBTQQI 1.5%
Board of Directors = 9
Persons of Color 22%
Female 22%
LGBTQQI n/a
14. 14
Demographics –
Duane Morris
% %
Total lawyers (Philadelphia only)
= 215
Total equity partners
(Philadelphia only) = 106
African American 1.4% African American 1.9%
Latino 0.9% Latino 0%
Asian 2.3% Asian 1.9%
White 95.4% White 96.2%
Female 27.4 Female 27.4%
LGBTQQI n/a LGBTQQI n/a
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Demographics – Retained
Outside Counsel (nationwide)
# % # %
Total lawyers* 1,977 Total partners* 659
African American 42 2.1% African American 8 1.2%
Latino 50 2.5% Latino 14 2.1%
Asian 45 2.3% Asian 9 1.4%
White 1,814 91.8% White 625 94.8%
Female 684 34.5% Female 136 20.6%
NOTE: 7 of 14 firms did not provide LGBTQQI information. Based on the 7 firms that did provide data,
1.2% of lawyers (24 of 1,690 attorneys) and 1.5% of partners (8 of 542 partners) from reporting firms
identified as LGBTQQI.
*Data aggregated across all outside counsel firms contracted by the County in 2017, based on their
nationwide reporting.
17. 17
Demographics – Retained
Outside Counsel (local offices)
# % # %
Total lawyers* 640 Total partners* 202
African American 5 0.8% African American 3 1.5%
Latino 18 2.5% Latino 7 3.5%
Asian 5 0.8% Asian 2 1.0%
White 610 95.3% White 625 93.6%
Female 203 31.7% Female 136 19.8%
NOTE: 7 of 14 firms did not provide LGBTQQI information. Based on the 7 firms that did provide data,
1.6% of lawyers (7 of 430 attorneys) and 1.6% of partners (2 of 122 partners) from reporting firms
identified as LGBTQQI.
*Data aggregated across all outside counsel firms contracted by the County in 2017, based on their
reporting for local firm/office.